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5 star app everyone should have this app!!
If u don’t hav this app u need this one in ur arsenal adobe has been always bringing top notch graphics and picture quality n is always improving u never hav to settle for anything that is slow glitchy and rendering not soo great this is the app adobe is the best of the best and always provides non glitchy fast n rendering quality every time u use this app and store any type of picture in pdf. is adobe’s format quality at its best but u can also save files and especially pictures screen shots will stay at thier original picture quality I can’t tell u enough about this app is one of the best apps out there so if u don’t hav it and use already u need it it is exceptional and perfection at best . Once u try this app there’s no turning back u will always use it because of how great it is .. try it for urself then ull see wat I mean …. Enjoy.Show lessBowwow079
Premium Performance with Flaws: Acrobat Pro's Strengths and Shortcomings
Adobe’s Acrobat Pro is undeniably a premium product, reflected in its $17+/month subscription fee, which many competitors attempt to undercut. However, it’s clear that Acrobat Pro remains the gold standard for PDF management. Initially, I was hesitant to subscribe, as it’s the second most expensive service I pay for (the first being ChatGPT). Yet, after using it daily—often multiple times per day—I can hardly imagine managing PDFs without it.
That said, Acrobat Pro is not without its flaws. Adobe has made some unconventional design and workflow choices that deviate from standard software practices, making basic tasks like renaming or moving files unnecessarily complex and unintuitive. Additionally, Adobe’s cloud storage, which is almost unavoidable, feels outdated and lags behind more popular cloud services in terms of functionality.
A significant drawback is the inconsistency of Acrobat’s flagship AI features, which don’t work with all PDF types. For instance, AI capabilities are notably absent for scanned PDFs, even when OCR has been applied. Given that scanned documents make up the majority of my PDFs, this limitation renders Adobe’s AI assistant largely ineffective for my needs, especially when compared to the robust functionality of ChatGPT.Show lessAhahebrfiwo
Developer Response
We appreciate your detailed feedback and recognize your concerns about design choices and AI inconsistencies. It’s great to hear how essential the app has become for your PDF management! Your insights are invaluable, and we are always here to listen. Thanks, SSNot user-friendly
Keep t it simple. Isn’t that an Apple product. This sure isn't if you have to you use a windows based app or software to complete anything. I’ve been at this for longer than necessary to try and convert a few photos that were taken with the iPad into a pdf to send to someone who I only has windows. What a pain in the everything. Annoying, time-consuming, oh and buy this, and that to complete this task. I’m so over all of it. Let me go back in time and use a flatbed scanner that was direct to my computer. Wow, that worked in one easy swipe. Adobe was installed on all of my products and didn’t nickel and dime me for everything. Now if I want to open something I have to have this app or this specific product to be able to even think about getting to the first step. I love my Apple products and shouldn’t be penalized because I don’t want to have to have a windows based anything to do a simple task for one document. OHHHHHH, unless I pay, again. I did, when it came out, but since it’s not compatible with the new and improved and updated versions I have to pay again and again and again. I wish I bought stock back in the day, I’d be rich.Show lesstdakpj
New AI Feature is Awesome!
They just added an AI feature that will analyze the content of a document then you can ask specific questions and it answers them so you can understand it. You can keep documentation of the information it provides. Just had it answer questions on a contract that I was wanting a lawyer look at and I felt that they had lied to me, also didn’t provide all the facts. While that part is still true the AI saw what I hadn’t seen, the services they provided were just specified without any other information related to those services. There was definition of those services, just a broad overview of the service by name. But, they were very specific about all their disclaimers, and basically that they were not liable for when those services would take place and was not liable if I lost money and many additional things if I was displeased with basically anything. I never saw all of that and could have paid several hundreds of dollars for a lawyer to tell me the exact same thing. Amazing is all I can say, completely amazing.Show lessakspooner
There are easier, FREE pdf apps
I typically don't write reviews, but I had such a hard time with this app that I felt like it was necessary. I'm sure this app is just fine if you already have Adobe for desktop and want to use it for quick work on the go. I downloaded it for the express purpose that I needed to edit and merge some documents quickly. I am thankful I decided to do the free trial first rather than pay the $10 for a month of it. Immediately, I started getting error messages that my files couldn't be merged or edited. There is a virtual AI assistant now, which I think is neat; however, there was no feature to actually get help with the error messages as the AI can only really offer writing tools. After a lot of googling and fiddling with it, I decided to cut my losses and try another actually free pdf app. Immediately it worked. No error messages and I was able to download my edited documents with no problem. Like I said, I'm sure this app would be fine for certain daily tasks, but I don't think it's worth the money unless you're already super familiar with Adobe software or already have a subscription to it.Show lessAnnie_B88
Integration with iCloud notes and search broken
You cannot create pdf files from iCloud notes. The feature is there but is not functional. The performance of the app suffers greatly if you are using lots of local storage. I had to offload all of my local files because the app lags so badly. Offloading is no easy feat because you have to plug your device into a PC launch iTunes and drag the files to your PC, worse is that you cannot do this efficiently if the files on the iPad are in a folder. Folders cannot be moved from the device to the PC. You have to first move items in the folder to the main/root location of local Acrobat storage in the iPad and then go back to iTunes and drag them to your PC location. The only good thing about this is at least iTunes will tell you which folders are empty. That helps for cleaning up. In the end I had to follow this process to offload my local files and reinstall the app. I wish Adobe would fix the fonts in app. Having to tap multiple times to change from a font size of 20 to 10 is ridiculous. Worse is you have to do this EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU EDIT YOUR FILE!!! Document closes if you switch to another app for a few seconds, this also causes loss of recent changes! Does not support Apple Pencil. Latest update won’t clear search feature after you open a file from a search result! Missing iOS feature that allows you to move your cursor by sliding your finger across the iOS keyboard.Show lessSuperShoeDiva
Adobe Acrobat iOS app and Windows Pro versions plus Scan app
This review is for Adobe Acrobat iOS app and Windows versions plus Scan app for iOS.
The Adobe Scan app is 4 to 5 stars, and of note has been significantly improved in functionality. The scan quality using the phone camera seems much better than my HP and Brother multifunctional printers, with the main issue being scanning from a phone doesn’t give a flat bed or feeder that keeps the paper flat and centered so images aren’t as well centered and square cornered.
The Adobe app has also been improved significantly, to where it does nearly everything or everything the Windows version does.
One significant continuing shortcoming of the app as compared with Adobe Acrobat Pro Windows version and something I’ve wanted to do on several occasions now is the inability to create or capture content to create PDF files from apps like Word or web site content as a “printer.” Another is not being able to have the Bookmarks on the iPhone app be at the top of the screen to get to that by one click, but instead in a menu that requires two clicks and a motion to access.
The Windows version is now 3 stars in that at times and on a computer with 32GB ram and fast processor runs slow and of late I’ve seen cases where file content doesn’t show up and lags in showing up as I page down (white space in a file).Show lessMark Verizon customer
Integration with iCloud notes and search broken
You cannot create pdf files from iCloud notes. The feature is there but is not functional. The performance of the app suffers greatly if you are using lots of local storage. I had to offload all of my local files because the app lags so badly. Offloading is no easy feat because you have to plug your device into a PC launch iTunes and drag the files to your PC, worse is that you cannot do this efficiently if the files on the iPad are in a folder. Folders cannot be moved from the device to the PC. You have to first move items in the folder to the main/root location of local Acrobat storage in the iPad and then go back to iTunes and drag them to your PC location. The only good thing about this is at least iTunes will tell you which folders are empty. That helps for cleaning up. In the end I had to follow this process to offload my local files and reinstall the app. I wish Adobe would fix the fonts in app. Having to tap multiple times to change from a font size of 20 to 10 is ridiculous. Worse is you have to do this EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU EDIT YOUR FILE!!! Document closes if you switch to another app for a few seconds, this also causes loss of recent changes! Does not support Apple Pencil. Latest update won’t clear search feature after you open a file from a search result!Show lessIntegration with iCloud notes broken
You cannot create pdf files from iCloud notes. The feature is there but is not functional. The performance of the app suffers greatly if you are using lots of local storage. I had to offload all of my local files because the app lags so badly. Offloading is no easy feat because you have to plug your device into a PC launch iTunes and drag the files to your PC, worse is that you cannot do this efficiently if the files on the iPad are in a folder. Folders cannot be moved from the device to the PC. You have to first move items in the folder to the main/root location of local Acrobat storage in the iPad and then go back to iTunes and drag them to your PC location. The only good thing about this is at least iTunes will tell you which folders are empty. That helps for cleaning up. In the end I had to follow this process to offload my local files and reinstall the app. I wish Adobe would fix the fonts in app. Having to tap multiple times to change from a font size of 20 to 10 is ridiculous. Worse is you have to do this EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU EDIT YOUR FILE!!! Document closes if you switch to another app for a few seconds, this also causes loss of recent changes! Does not support Apple Pencil.Show lessI have to PAY a SEPARATE subscription fee??
It’s absolutely absurd to charge existing Adobe subscribers an ADDITIONAL $30/mo to use this app.
I open Adobe Fill & Sign and get a popup stating that it will be gone soon and to check out Acrobat. I download this new app and immediately I’m prompted to start a 7 day free trial and subscribe for $30/mo. I closed the pop up and sign in with my Adobe login, tapped restore purchases, no such luck. Turns out, I’ll need to pay a second subscription fee. (Unless I’ve missed something?)
No thanks! This is intolerable. I get that you want to charge for your products and ordinarily I’d fully support that. But this is a bridge too far for me, especially since you’re getting rid of the free version. In fact, I’ve got half a mind to cancel my existing Adobe subscription, I barely use the products anyway.
If you’re going to use the subscription structure to keep the lights on, then y’all need to remodel the pricing and offer something like what Apple uses, a scalable “cherry pick” option that allows subscribers to bundle only the services they want and save verses paying the individual fees for each.Show lessIrisYield
